About Me

I love creating art. I love the Creator! And through that love, I find a little slice of heaven on earth and I give Him all the glory! It's a great adventure and I'm excited to see what's around the bend! Come join me, won't you?

Thursday, November 20, 2014

hello!it's a simple formula. red christmassy print meets silver white snowflakes in a joyful match.this pretty red christmas fabric was quickly fused, and even more quickly cut with a round 5" die shape from the accuquilt "go" system. round two; repeat with white christmas fabric for snowflakes and the word "joy" and there you have it...joyful red and white.and it becomes a simply charming set of coasters:

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

I LOVE to FINISH project! Nothing like that feeling of accomplishment! I'd been working on this piece for a couple months, and had published the finished picture in yesterday post - in case you missed it! Sometimes things have to "simmer" on my quilting stove for a while! Just call me a regular ol teapot! LOL. I began with a piece of hand-dyed fabric, in BRIGHT orange! Then came the words "Scatter Joy" from a notecard I 're-purposed' from my favorite art teacher/artist extraordinaire - Katie Twedt!

I'm getting better at including some decorative stitches... no need for me to be prejudiced! After all, everyone likes to get into the FUN... including the silver leaf (made for wood) but it's great on fabric!

And then it was time to apply a ZIPPER---lime green! Fabulous! Easy to apply free motion, as well as adding a decorative stitch - the triple straight stitch! And an experiment with some metallic foil - this time a different type, from "Jones Tones" with their dimensional foil glue. I tried to hurry-up (mistake!)... and dry it faster with my heat gun. No, No! It bubbled... perhaps it's okay on another day... but I didn't like it on the zipper, when it bubbled. No biggie... onward and UPWARD! A dab of black thread. This glue product is easy to sew through, FYI!

I had made my angelina fibers into a "fabric sheet" previous to placing on the appliques, of course. I got to put into play my sizzix machine and the fusible appliques were a breeze! No tedious hand-cutting, tracing... sore wrists! I bought mine from Patsy Thompson's webs site! (She has good sales, too!)AND great service!

Then a bit of a zig zag free motion edge-stitching on the flower petals- I call it the herky jerky!

And you may notice... I don't let it bother me when the lines cross! "There is a time for everything under the sun" and free motion is no different!!! Sometimes I don't like it to cross...sometimes I'm really lovin' it to cross!!! Shake it up girls... break down that box that walls you in... and enJOY!

I forgot to mention earlier... I also textured the orange fabric with bubble wrap, brushed with textile paint... as well as paintstiks! I enjoy doing that so much!

As you can see, I also used two different bindings... couldn't make up my mind?!!! YUP. Sometimes that's a dilemma for me. I liked the graphic "pop" of the black and white circles fabric... and I loved the purple to tie in the turquoise thread stitching and purple of the flowers - and it called out to be curved. Straight edge was a bit boring! So... curved edge it was... even though it's still a bit of a boxy shape... but I LIKE it.

Friday, January 28, 2011

My current project is one in the works for today's blog.... and it all started with this: THE BIG SHOT! I do alot of fusing... and I love it! But sometimes cutting with the hands is well... hard on the hands! So have been waiting ... thinking... contemplating about the Accuquilt GO and those cool quick cut dies for several years... and am glad I went the Sizzix direction. SAVED me lots of moo-lah! Now I am not saying Accuquilt isn't fabulous... it sure is. But that much money out-of-pocket (about $500 just to get started with the GO)... wasn't happening for me, personally! Many thanks to Patsy Thompson and Kelly Jackson, both of whom were gracious, knowledgeable ... and really helped me decide about which machine to purchase... and showed the "how-to's" through their terrific blogs, being KIND and taking TIME...to answer my emails and the many questions I had! The gal at Patsy's store (whom I have now forgot - maybe it's Nicki) is SWEET to help when I CALLED -- she even checked the box to tell me what it actually contained so I could get all the info I needed about accessories... YAY! I dearly adore... personal service! Don't you?!

Batik fabrics, Steam-A-Seam, and a pressing sheet... and some time... time to play... rearrange... re-organize... and then... Poof! It's like...

h a p p y...

a ... bit... addictive.... and....

m a g i c a l !

Turning to some hand-dyed fabric of mine... hmmm... let's try this 'marveles' orangy-tango piece... a touch of paintstiks, bubble wrap as texture.... stencils...textile paint, a mesh bag... throw in some fusible circles...(just because I can!)

Saturday, December 25, 2010

I loved being able to make these quick ornaments with my new Sizzix machine; the "Big Shot" and am anxious to try out more new shapes. This year, they adorned Christmas packages of quick breads, and pretty glass jars of homemade hot fudge sauce! Woohoo!

I fused white fabric, which already had beautiful silver sparkly snowflakes as the pattern, and fused it to timtex on both sides, then ran it through my Big Shot machine, presto magico!

A bit of angelina fibers, button and a bead, and DONE! LOVE it!

I am looking forward to using some more dies in the quilting related arena when my budget will allow me to try one or two more. Although I bought my machine/dies from Patsy Thompson's website, you will also find additional items and great information from: IHAN (I Have A Notion). Both of these ladies are great to answer questions and I can't wait to see what they will bring us in the New Year to whet our appetites! I'm really hoping Patsy will bring us some FEATHER designs!!!!

I enjoyed using some of buttons in embellishing these ornaments... and loved also that this cool red batik with white 'snowflakes' looked quite charming to me...

Here's praying you find a year filled with God's love, and the JOY of Jesus Christ. May all the work and play! of your hands glorify Him.